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Burmese Military Rulers Announce Election Laws The government of Burma broadcast the endorsement of long anticipated laws on Monday that prepare for the country’s first ballot vote in 20 years expected to be held sometime this year. State controlled radio and television said the new regulations would be issued in state newspapers starting Tuesday. The [...]

Accused Bombers Under Arrest Two Thai men captured for alleged participation in last month’s grenade assault on a Bangkok Bank branch on Silom Road are not scapegoats and have acknowledged their guilt, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said on Monday morning. Mr Suthep said they have come clean that they were hired by the United [...]

Red Shirt Rally Draws Crowds Endeavors by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship to arrange a mass public meeting in Bangkok this coming Sunday are underway. The Red-Shirted UDD says it is marshaling at least a million backers, mostly from regional locales, to journey to Bangkok for the assembly. They are demanding elections be [...]

Abhisit Abandons Australian Adventure Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has called off his official visit to Australia, intended for March 13 to 17, as organizers of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) persist in their claim that as a many as a million backers will join their anti-government gathering this coming weekend. His [...]